2012 Year End Review of highlights from The Insighters / Scholars’ Circle Radio programs. You can hear full versions of any of the highlighted programs by looking up our weekly posts on this website. Also we post books written by all of our guests in our store which you may purchase from our affiliated store [...]
Archive for December, 2012
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admin - Dec - 24th
In this hour, Why did soldiers on the front line of one of the deadliest wars lay down their arms and play soccer with the very men they were supposed to kill? We’ll revisit the so-called Christmas truce of 1914. [ Dur. 25 mins ] Prof. Stanley Weintraub, Professor Emeritus Penn State University, historian. Author [...]
admin - Dec - 17th
First, a look inside the secret world of spying and intelligence agencies. A discussion with Glenn Carle, former CIA agent and author of the book, The Interrogator, An Education. [ Dur. 28 mins. ] Then, on the Scholars’ Circle, how might the power of ideas shape countries and international power structures. Liz Borgwardt, Prof. at [...]
admin - Dec - 9th
First, what were the factors that led to Western dominance of the world and how are they changing the world. We are joined by Ian Morris, author of, “Why the West Rules For Now: The Patterns of History and What They Reveal About the Future.” [ Dur. 28 mins. ] Ian Morris is Professor of [...]
admin - Dec - 3rd
First we explore the politics of Palestine in relation to the region and in light of its new status of statehood. We began a discussion with Mark Perry about the politics of Palestine and statehood. We continue now to make sense of the new dynamics inside and outside of Palestine. Author of Talking with Terrorists: [...]